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[Agins F. <cri...@bn...>]

Another course which the fates now proposed to him--namely, a
perpendicular course to the bottom of the sea. It was a race between
the water and the ships, and the only thing the Admiral could think of
was to turn southward across to
Jamaica, which he did

on June 23rd, putting into Puerto Bueno, now called Dry Harbour. But
there was no food there,
and as his ships were settling deeper
and deeper in the water he had to make sail again and drive eastwards
as far

as Puerto Santa Gloria, now called Don Christopher's Cove. He was just
in time. The ships were run ashore side by side on a sandy beach, the
pumps were abandoned, and in one tide the ships were full of water.
The remaining anchor cables were used to lash the two ships together
so that they would not move; although there was little fear of that,
seeing
the weight of water that
was in them. Everything that could be saved was brought up on deck,
and a kind of cabin or platform which could be fortified was rigged on
the highest part of the ships. And so no doubt for some days, although
their food was almost finished, the wretched and exhausted voyagers
could stretch
their cramped limbs,
and rest
in the warm sun, and listen, from their safe h